Tie-yarn machine



0. H. EVERSO'N. TIE YARN MACHINE.

(No Model.)

No. 412,880. Patented Oct. 15, 1889..

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N. PETERS, PhotmLilhngmvher. washmgton, D.C.

NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. EVERSON, OF PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TOTHE PLYMOUTH CORDAGE COMPANY, OF MASSACHUSETTS.

TIE-YARN MACE-MN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 412,880, dated October 15, 18819. Application filed August 10, 1889. Serial No. 320,333. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: anism. In the drawings I have shown for Be it known that I, CHARLES H. EVERSON, this purpose a pinion c, secured to the flier acitizen of the United States, and a resident end I), the teeth of which mesh in the teeth of Plymouth, in the county of Plymouth and of the gear 0, secured to the shaft C, the latter 5 State of Massachusetts, have invented new being journaled in bearings and provided and useful Improvements in Tie-Yarn Mawith a pulley D, to which a rotary motion is chines, of which the following, taken in. conconveyed by a belt, as is common in various nection with the accompanying drawings, is a machines. specification. D is a loose pulley on said shaft 0, on which 6o :0 This invention relates to-improvements in the belt is shipped when it is desired to stop tie-yarn machines, and it is carried out as folthe flier l3. lows, reference being had to the accompanyc c c represent the tie-yarns leading from ing drawings, wherein bobbins on a bobbin-frame of usual construc- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the tion. Said yarns are made to pass through a 5 machine. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal perforated stationary plate or ring a, secured section on the line X X, shown in Fig. l, and in a detachable manner to the outer end of Fig. 3 represents a cross-section on the line the frame A, and in so doing the yarns are Y Y, shown in Figs. 1 and 2. laid side by side in parallel rows in the form Similar letters refer to similar parts wherof a strand E, as shown in the drawings, 2o ever they occur on the different parts of the which strand passes loosely through the spindrawings. dle-bearings b I), and after passing out For the purpose of tying laths, staves, through the spindle-bearing b the strand is shingles, or grain, &c., are used what are wound upon a suitable reel, as usual, such termed in the trade tie -yarns or lathreelbeing,however, not shown in the drawings. g 5 yarns. Ileretofore a number of such yarns As the strand E is fed onward through the have been twisted together in the form of a flier it is made to pass through the eyes or rope, which has afterward been cut off in tubes F and G, arranged centrally in a line lengths of about four feet, more or less, and with the axis of rotation of the flier. Said the yarns separated from such rope from tubes are preferably made slightly tapering 0 time to time when needed. This manner of on their outsides and fitted loosely in the remaking tie-yarns is objectionable for two reaspective perforated cross-bars F and G of sons, namely: "When the twisted rope is cut the flier, as shown in the drawings. The ends off, it is found that the outer yarns are longer of the said bars F and G are cylindrical, and thanthose nearer to or in the center of the they are journaled in the respective bearings 5 rope, and consequently a uniform length of f f and g g, secured to the flier B, as shown. the yarns is not obtained; also, it requires The object of having the bars F and G jourunnecessary time and labor to separate the naled in said bearings is for the purpose of yarns from .the twisted rope; and to avoid inserting the tubes F and Gin the perforathese objections 1 construct a tie-yarn mations in said bars and removing them there- 0 4o chine by means of which a number of yarns from as may be needed in using tubes of vaare laid parallel with each other and surrious sizes,.acoording to the size of thetierounded by a spirally-wound yarn or thread yarn strand that is being made. lVhen a for holding the tie-yarns or lath-yarns temstrand is not in the flier, and it is desired to porarily together until needed for use. remove the said tubes, all that it is necessary 45 This my improved tie-yarn machine is eonto do is to swing the bars F G a quarter of structed as follows: It consists of a suitable a revolution in their bearings, after which the frame or bearings A A in the upper ends of said tubes may be removed and replaced by which are journaled the hollow cylindrical others having larger or smaller perforations, ends 5 b of the rotary flier B, as shown. The as the case may be. I00 50 said flier is set in quick rotary motion by F" G" are flanges at the receiving ends of means of any suitable or well-known mechthe respective tubes F and G, which flanges 2 uasso are adapted to rest against the forward sides of said respective bars F and G, as shown.

In combination with the above-described apparatus I use a binder-yarn and devices for guiding such yarn to the strand passing through the flier, which devices are constructed as follows: It is the said binder-yarn contained on a spool or reel H, having its shaft loosely journaled in perforated ears, brackets, or projections on the flier B, as shown. I prefer to provide said spool or reel with a suitable tension device, which may be of any suitable or well-known construction, the one shown in the drawings consisting of a spring H, secured in one end to the flier and having its free end pressing on a hub or disk H, secured to or forming part of the spool or reel H, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The binderam h, after leaving the reel H,passes around the grooved rollers K and I having each one or more grooves, as shown, and from the roller K it is guided by the small guide-roller f" onto the strand E, causing such binder-yarn to be wound spirally around said strand, as shown in the right-hand portions of Figs. 1 and 2. The grooved roller L is preferably loosely journaled on a shaft Z, the ends of which are secured to plates M M, that are longitudinally adjustable on ribs B B, secured to or forming parts of the flier B, as shown. The grooved roller K is preferably secured to a shaft 7c, the ends of which are journaled in the said adjustable plates M M, and in connection with said shaft 70, I use a suitable tension device of any wellknown form, the one shown in the drawings consisting of a spring secured in one end to one of the adjustable plates M, and having its free end bearing against the shaft k or a disk or cylindrical hub thereon. The pressure on said shaft 7; is preferably made adjustable by means of a set screw 7c, screwed through a projection on one of the plates M and bearing against the spring 70, as shown in the drawings. The plates M M are preferably provided with slots m m and adjustably secured to the flier projections B B by means of set-screwsn n, passingloosely through such slots and screwed into the flier projections B B, as shown.

The small guide-roller f is preferably loosely journaled on a pin or shaft f, on which it is free to slide in the direction of its axis, so as to be automatically adjustable relative to the strand E and variations of the same.

' By adjusting the plat-es M M and their connections forward or back on the flier the tension on the binder-yarn It can be regulated to a nicety to suit requirements, as may be desired.

By having the guide-rollerf arranged in the narrow space between the tubes F and G it will be seen that the binder-yarn his caused to be wound on the strand E at a place properly supported by the said tubes during the quick rotation of the flier B.

If so desired, the tube F may be arranged within the cylindrical end I) of the flier B and the tube G arranged at a proportionate distance from it without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The tie-yarns e e 6, fed from a bobbin-frame and bobbins, pass through the perforated plate a, through the perforated flier end 1), tubes F G, and flier end Z), and are wound upon a suitable reel, as described, and the flier B set in a rotary motion, causing the binderyarn h. to be wound spirally around the strand E, composed of yarns c e, laid parallel with each other, for the purpose as stated.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation of my invention, I wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim- 1. The tie-yarn machine as described, consisting of the frame A A and the rotary flier B, journaled therein, combined with a perforated guide a, tubes F G, binder-yarn reel H, tension-rollers K L, and guide-roller f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a tie-yarn machine, the rotary flier B and the arms or cross-bars F G,journaled thereon, and having detachable tubes F G, as described, combined with the reel H, the longitudinally-adj ustable rollers K L, and guidero ller f, for conducting the binder-yarn h from the reel II to the strand E, as and forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 3d day of August, A. D. 1889.

CHARLES H. EvERsoN.

lVitnesses:

ROBERT A. BROWN, LoUIs I. SEYMOUR. 

